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Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England
1066 to Present

The Normans 

Viking Descendants of the Dukes of Normandy

Gange-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson (846-931) - 29th gg

William Longsword (891-942)

Richard I FitzWilliam "the fearless" (933-996)

Richard II "the good" FitzRichard - 27th gu + Judith of Brittany - 28th gg

Richard III 

Robert I "the magnificent"
 

 The Beginning of Kings (1066 - 1154)

 William I, the Conqueror & Matilda of Flanders - 26th gg

William II, Rufus 1087 - 1100

Henry I & Matilda of Scotland - 25th gg

Stephen 1135 - 1154

Angevins - Plantagenets

The Angevins - 1154-1216

 Henry II  &  Eleanor d'Aquitaine - 24th gg's

Richard I the Lionheart 1189 - 1199

 John I "Lackland" 1199 - 1216 - 23rd gg

The Plantagenets - 1216- 1399

Henry III + Eleanor of Provence  - 22nd gg's

Edward I "longshanks" + Eleanor of Castile* - 21gg's 

 Edward II 1307 - 1327 - 21st gu

Edward III 1327 - 1377 - a distant cousin

Richard II + Anne of Bohemia + Isabella de Valois - a distant cousins

 

The House of Lancaster
(1399 - 1461)

Henry IV + Joan of Navarre 1399 - 1413

Henry V 1413 - 1422

Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471

 

The House of York
(1461 - 1485)

King Edward IV 1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483

King Edward V 1483 - 1483

King Richard III 1483 - 1485

 

The Tudors
(1485 -1603)

King Henry VII 1485 - 1509

King Henry VIII 1509 - 1547

King Edward VI 1547 - 1553

Jane Grey 1554

Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 - 1558

Queen Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603

 

The Stuarts
(1603 - 1649) (1660 - 1714)

James I 1603 - 1625

Charles I 1625 - 1649

In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years.

Charles II 1660 - 1685

James II 1685 - 1688

William III 1688 - 1702 and Queen Mary II 1688 - 1694

Queen Anne 1702 - 1714

The House of Hanoverians
(1714 -1901)

King George I 1714 - 1727

King George II 1727 - 1760

King George III 1760 - 1820

King George IV 1820 - 1830

King William IV 1830 - 1837

Queen Victoria 1837 - 1901

 

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors
(1901 -1910) (1910 - Today)

King Edward VII 1901 - 1910

King George V 1910 - 1936

King Edward VIII June 1936

King George VI 1936 - 1952

Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - present day

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